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Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854)Portrait of Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist
Cyprinus hybiscoides, common carpPart of LS Plate 166 from the John Reeves Collection. John Reeves, a 19th Century Tea Inspector, travelled to Canton, China in order to develop a large collection of Chinese natural history drawings
Plecotus sp. long-eared batA long-eared bat in flight (a microbat belonging to the Vespertilionidae family of vesper or evening bats). Photograph published in Bats by Phil Richardson, a Natural History Museum publication, 2002
Augustus H. Bishop with elephant tusks, May 1912Augustus Bishop arrived at the Museum in 1904, aged 23, after three years training as a taxidermist
African elephant in Central Hall, February 1910Photographed in 1910 just three years after his arrival, the African elephant later nicknamed George, was obtained from the taxidermists Rowland Ward Ltd
Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de CharpentierIllustration of dragonflies. Plate 13 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847). 1840
Sula capensis, Cape GannetPlate 2 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)
Snapper fishDrawing no 54 by George Raper, 1790. Illustration labelled snapper of Norfolk Island
Geranium phaeum, mourning widow geraniumDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1909. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Entomyzon cyanotis, blue-faced honeyeaterDrawing No. 49, watercolour by George Raper (1792) from The Raper Collection
Common ShelduckIllustration of a Common Shelduck by Peter Pallou
Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae by de CharpentierIllustration of dragonflies. Plate 45 from Libellulinae Europaeae illustrated and described by Toussaint von Charpentier (1780-1847), 1840
Illustration by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937)
The Natural History Museum at TringGallery 3 at the Natural History Museum at Tring, the sister museum of the Natural History Museum, London
Fumaria officinalis, fumitoryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Papaya treeEtching taken from Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois by Jean Baptiste Du Tertre. Shows two Adam and Eve type figures and papaya tree
Apatura iris, purple emperorPlate 20 from Illustrations of British Butterflies and their Larvae (1892) by Theo Johnson. Cropped image of illustration
Carpinus betulus, hornbeamSketch 244 from the Ehret Collection of Sketches (unbound) by Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Anopheles gambiae, mosquitoScanning electron microscope image showing a close-up of the compound eye of a female mosquito (x 2200 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Sorbier des olseleursPlate 20 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 16, 1870
Mancenillier treePlate 31 from Le Regne Vegetal Plantes agricoles, Vol 9. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Nautilus pompilius, common nautilusA section through a common nautilus (Nautilus pompiius) showing the internal divisions into chambers and siphuncles
Morpho menelaus, blue morphoScanning electron microscope image of the wing scales from the wing of a South American blue morpho butterfly (x 670 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Galapagos archipelagoIllustration (p.398) from Charles Darwins Journal of Researches, first illustrated edition 1890
Kodak jar with pebbles from Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forKodak jar with pebbles from emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) stomach Collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition
James De Carle Sowerby (1787-1871)Watercolour drawing possibly for John Mawes research for the Instructions for management of the blowpipe. c.1820. From the Library Sowerby Collection
Basalt bombGeological specimen collected by Scotts British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, also known as the Terra Nova expedition. It had a broad scientific programme and collected thousands of geological
Primula sinensisPlate 660 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Foraminifer modelModel of typical nummulitic foraminfer after Zittel
Quercus, oakPlate 21 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771
Brassica spPlate 11 from Le regne vegetal (1870): the plant kingdom, Vol 12. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Vanda caerulea, Himalayan orchidIllustration from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. This plant was thought to be extinct in 1996
Plate 1 from Specimens of British Minerals? vol. 1 by P. RasPlate 1 entitled Woodlike-tin ores from Specimens of British minerals, selected from the cabinet of P. Rashleigh, of Menabilly, in the County of Cornwall (1797) by Philip Rashleigh
Eulemur macaco, black lemurPlate 217 from Capter 7 of Gleanings of Natural History Vol. 5 by George Edwards (1694-1773), published 1758-1764. Entitled The Black Maucauco
Gall midge in Baltic amberA gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
Rhexia speciosaPlate 4 from Voyage aux Regions Equinoniales (1806) Pt V1, Botanique, Sect 2, by Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt and Aime Jacques Alexandre Bonpland
Cymbidium aloifolium, orchidPlate 869 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Arachide hypogee, peanutPlate 267 from Flore pittoresque et medicale (1827) Vol. 4 by Michel Etienne Descourtilz (1775-1835)
BuliminaPlate 53 from Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-1876. Zoology Vol. 9. Foraminifera Plates, 1884 by C. Wyville Thomson
Geologists at PiltdownGeologists Association party visiting the pit at Piltdown on 12 July 1913
LS Plate 2 from the John Reeves CollectionLarge Series plate 2, a watercolour from the John Reeves Collection of Zoological Drawings from Canton, China
Meteorite in AntarcticaA large meteorite found in the MacAlpine Hills, Antarctica in 1988
Hummingbird CaseThe Hummingbird case on display in the Natural History Museums Bird Gallery
Agkistrodon piscivorus, cottonmouth snakeDrawing 61 (Ewan 50) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Melanerpes erythrocephalus, red-headed woodpeckerPlate 20, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Mimus polyglottos, northern mockingbirdPlate 27, hand coloured etching from The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama islands (1731-43) Vol. 1 by Mark Catesby
Calycanthus floridus, Eastern sweetshrubDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1905. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Plate 327 from The Gleanings of Natural History by George EdPlate 328, hand coloured copperplate etching from George Edwards The Gleanings of Natural History, Vol. 3 (1764). Annotated Brasilian saw-billed roller